How UK Viewers Can Watch the 2026 Winter Olympics and Follow Team GB’s Historic Campaign
Comprehensive broadcast options, event schedule and British medal contenders as the Winter Games unfold in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo
The 2026 Winter Olympic Games are underway in northern Italy, running from February sixteenth until February twenty-second, with events staged across Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo and surrounding Alpine venues.
British audiences have a range of broadcast and streaming options to follow the action live or on demand as Team GB compete for what could be their strongest Winter Olympics performance yet.
In the United Kingdom, the primary broadcasters for the Milano-Cortina Games are TNT Sports and Discovery+.
TNT Sports is offering comprehensive coverage of all competitions, with TNT Sports Two acting as the main destination each morning from around eight o’clock Greenwich Mean Time and live events shown throughout the day.
Subscribers to Discovery+ can stream multiple live feeds around the clock, ensuring fans can catch competition from all venues and disciplines.
The free-to-air BBC is also providing significant live coverage on BBC One and BBC Two, typically from around nine o’clock in the morning until ten o’clock at night each day, supplemented by additional streams on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport app under the "Olympics Extra" banner.
This layered coverage gives UK viewers both free and subscription-based access to key moments across the fortnight.
The Games opened officially with the ceremony at Milan’s San Siro stadium on February sixth, though several events including curling and snowboarding commenced earlier.
Across more than sixteen days of competition, over two thousand eight hundred athletes from more than ninety nations are competing in sixteen disciplines including alpine skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, skeleton, and snowboarding.
Team Great Britain has drawn particular attention with strong medal prospects in multiple sports.
Leading British skeleton athletes such as Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker have delivered gold-medal performances, while snowboard cross talents like Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale contributed historic victories, marking Britain’s first Olympic gold on snow.
Curling remains a focal point for British hopes, with veteran skip Bruce Mouat and his teammates contending for podium finishes in both men’s and mixed events.
Other standout British competitors include freestyle skier Mia Brookes and snowboarders Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, each attracting fan interest as the Games progress.
For fans seeking full coverage, schedules published by UK broadcasters outline daily competition times and planned broadcasts, with events available live on television and online.
Whether through TNT Sports’ extensive live feeds, BBC’s free-to-air schedules or Discovery+ streaming, British viewers have multiple ways to experience the Winter Olympics in real time, tracking Team GB’s bid for historic success in Italy’s winter sporting showcase.
British audiences have a range of broadcast and streaming options to follow the action live or on demand as Team GB compete for what could be their strongest Winter Olympics performance yet.
In the United Kingdom, the primary broadcasters for the Milano-Cortina Games are TNT Sports and Discovery+.
TNT Sports is offering comprehensive coverage of all competitions, with TNT Sports Two acting as the main destination each morning from around eight o’clock Greenwich Mean Time and live events shown throughout the day.
Subscribers to Discovery+ can stream multiple live feeds around the clock, ensuring fans can catch competition from all venues and disciplines.
The free-to-air BBC is also providing significant live coverage on BBC One and BBC Two, typically from around nine o’clock in the morning until ten o’clock at night each day, supplemented by additional streams on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport app under the "Olympics Extra" banner.
This layered coverage gives UK viewers both free and subscription-based access to key moments across the fortnight.
The Games opened officially with the ceremony at Milan’s San Siro stadium on February sixth, though several events including curling and snowboarding commenced earlier.
Across more than sixteen days of competition, over two thousand eight hundred athletes from more than ninety nations are competing in sixteen disciplines including alpine skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, skeleton, and snowboarding.
Team Great Britain has drawn particular attention with strong medal prospects in multiple sports.
Leading British skeleton athletes such as Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker have delivered gold-medal performances, while snowboard cross talents like Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale contributed historic victories, marking Britain’s first Olympic gold on snow.
Curling remains a focal point for British hopes, with veteran skip Bruce Mouat and his teammates contending for podium finishes in both men’s and mixed events.
Other standout British competitors include freestyle skier Mia Brookes and snowboarders Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, each attracting fan interest as the Games progress.
For fans seeking full coverage, schedules published by UK broadcasters outline daily competition times and planned broadcasts, with events available live on television and online.
Whether through TNT Sports’ extensive live feeds, BBC’s free-to-air schedules or Discovery+ streaming, British viewers have multiple ways to experience the Winter Olympics in real time, tracking Team GB’s bid for historic success in Italy’s winter sporting showcase.
